“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
-John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
There are many things that can happen after the storm. Things may not be the same anymore. Many things could even be broken. Many things could be lost.
Yet for those who were able to make it through the storm, they are the ones who come out of it better and stronger than before. They are the ones who see a new kind of sunrise, a new life they have won through their struggle in the dark.
Whenever a storm tries to break you, let it break only the outer shell that covers the beauty and strength of who you really are.
“The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broken places.” – ERNEST HEMINGWAY
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.” – Isaiah 43:2, WEB
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
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One reply on “After The Storm”
The storms of life can and will make us stronger when we go through them with the Lord.
Blessings, Joyce!